Splash Damage how does it feel to go to work each morning?


(funsize) #1

Not a troll thread, but rather just a serious question for the Splash Damage developers who released the unpolished abomination known as Brink: how does it feel to wake up each morning and and go to work, knowing that the vast majority of your efforts over the last couple of years have been spent for naught? And also that you’ve likely squandered whatever goodwill that you had left (especially after ETQW’s launch in a similarly poor fashion) among your PC fans? Is the burden weighing on your conscience very great or is it made slightly (or perhaps, a lot) better by the money that consumers were tricked into turning over to you for this embarrassment of a game? Then again, this probably does not matter when the almighty dollar is involved.

Personally on an individual, much less a professional level I would be ashamed of releasing a product in such poor form, but I suppose if I was in SD’s shoes I would take solace in the fact that there is virtually no protection for consumers who purchase defective software, unlike for other goods, and again, that I had already pocketed the consumers’ hard-earned money. This might seem like a troll thread, and no doubt, people like wolfnemesis75 who are either on SD/Bethesda’s payroll (or have nothing better to do than constantly jump to either company’s aid) or feel the need to minimize their own cognitive dissonance about this game in every negative thread will be here shortly to call me a troll and sing the praises of this game that is anything but praiseworthy.

But really, SD, I know you’ll probably see this thread, evidenced by the fact that you will likely lock it down, but before this happens I really would like an honest answer to the question of what it has felt like to go to work after May 10th, 2011. :confused:

Thank you.


(tokamak) #2

Bethesda decides when and in what state the game is released, not SD.

If your book is missing pages then you don’t contact the writer, you contact the publisher.

especially after ETQW’s launch in a similarly poor fashion

Wait. What? ETQW’s launch was without any blemish. Ah well that’s what I get for giving trolls the benefit of doubt.


(DarkangelUK) #3

Isn’t it also up to MS and Sony to green-light the release of a game on their platform as well? I’m sure the perceived final version gets sent to them for testing, and they’ll either report issues or give the go ahead.

I am in no way disputing that there are issues, but as I’ve always said, simply laying the blame solely on SD just isn’t fair… not fair at all.


(xartion) #4

I don’t know… from a competitive standpoint, ETQW was pretty terrible until several patches and a pro-mod were released a while later. But at that point the game was dead


(DarkangelUK) #5

Has there been many games recently that are comp ready out of the box? I think tok was more referring to game breaking issues, such as the Ati performance problems, loss of sound, opengl crashes etc. ETQW certainly had those, but they were caught very early on in beta and fixed before release.

(nvidia mile high foliage anyone?) :cool:


(PowZee) #6

Help Luke . . . I’m being pulled towards the dark side . . . I’m beginning to agree with OP . . .


(Smokeskin) #7

I’d feel pretty good if I was SD. There’s a stellar game here.

Some bugs and balance issues at release honestly that’s par for the course in these patching days.


(kilL_888) #8

if i would work at splash damage i would feel bad every day to look in the forums and notice that its full of trolls, ignorant, aggressive and stupid people since brink was released.

and i thought germany is the country of complainers. must be more of a human problem.


(funsize) #9

Or in other words, the forums are full of people with legitimate issues, concerns, and complaints about the game, but these things are expressed in a manner in which you do not agree or in a way in which you wilfully choose to dismiss as BS (despite their legitimacy) Gotcha.


(sirius89) #10

I hope they feel really bad that they took Bethesduuurrrr as the publisher.

Now they have to deal with the consequences.

I hope you fell REALLY bad SD.You betrayed me and ALOT of other people.

Your interviews how GREAT this game is and how it will revolutionise the FPS Genre.
Everything was a lie.Did Paul Wedgwood took some acting lessons before he made all the interviews?

^Original Quote from Paul Wedgwood

“Since last years E3 our real focus is being on game Balance and general polishing.” <<–WHAT A ****ING LIE!


(DarkangelUK) #11

[QUOTE=sirius89;330158]
I hope you fell REALLY bad SD.You betrayed me and ALOT[/QUOTE]

I don’t know of a single Alot that bought Brink.


(tokamak) #12

[QUOTE=DarkangelUK;330115]Has there been many games recently that are comp ready out of the box? I think tok was more referring to game breaking issues, such as the Ati performance problems, loss of sound, opengl crashes etc. ETQW certainly had those, but they were caught very early on in beta and fixed before release.

(nvidia mile high foliage anyone?) :cool:[/QUOTE]

Yeah that. ETQW was fun from the first match on. Addicted from the start.


(Apples) #13

Still wondering why they didnt go for a friggin beta, but it’s beth’s fault anyway… Blaming everything on SD is just stoopid as hell.

Peace


(tokamak) #14

Bethesda got cold feet, this is the best time to release a shooter in. Brink’s only competition is L.A Noire and they managed a few weeks without any COD announcement.


(PowZee) #15

Everything was a lie. Did Paul Wedgwood take some acting lessons before he made all the interviews?

No but maybe he had a nervous brinkdown . . . woof woof


(sirius89) #16

What the,i don’t even… o_O


(DarkangelUK) #17

The Alot is better than you at everything!


(Smoochy) #18

for some reason i wasnt playing pc games back then. i played the beta to death then met some women and never bought the game. oh well. women, pah!


(zenstar) #19

But a flamebait thread.

[QUOTE=funsize;330103], but rather just a serious question for the Splash Damage developers who released the unpolished abomination known as Brink: how does it feel to wake up each morning and and go to work, knowing that the vast majority of your efforts over the last couple of years have been spent for naught? And also that you’ve likely squandered whatever goodwill that you had left (especially after ETQW’s launch in a similarly poor fashion) among your PC fans? Is the burden weighing on your conscience very great or is it made slightly (or perhaps, a lot) better by the money that consumers were tricked into turning over to you for this embarrassment of a game? Then again, this probably does not matter when the almighty dollar is involved.

Personally on an individual, much less a professional level I would be ashamed of releasing a product in such poor form, but I suppose if I was in SD’s shoes I would take solace in the fact that there is virtually no protection for consumers who purchase defective software, unlike for other goods, and again, that I had already pocketed the consumers’ hard-earned money.[/QUOTE]
You do know that SD aren’t the publishers right? Do you know how the whole thing works at all?

That’s good practice: Ad Hominem attacks. Set up the fact that anyone that disagrees with you is obviously a fanboy or a subversive agent secretly on SD’s payroll to reverse troll the forums. Paranoid much? Or just scared that your argument can’t stand on it’s own without attacking the other side of the argument personally?

[QUOTE=funsize;330103]
But really, SD, I know you’ll probably see this thread, evidenced by the fact that you will likely lock it down, but before this happens I really would like an honest answer to the question of what it has felt like to go to work after May 10th, 2011. :confused:

Thank you.[/QUOTE]
They’ll probably lock it down because it’s flamebait.

There were some issues with the release as there have been for almost every game I have purchased in the last year. If you can’t handle being an early adopter then you need to wait at least a month before buying any new games.


(crazyfoolish) #20

Oh i see. We have to agree with you. Gotcha :wink: